Anderson has his Ginola moment! United ace flashes toned stomach in swipe as fitness critics

From the sublime to the ridiculous, Anderson's Manchester United career has been a series of skilful peaks and fitness troughs.

Saturday was certainly the former. The Brazilian emerged from the bench with United trailing QPR, but within 13 minutes had turned a 0-1 into 3-1, claiming a direct assist for Javier Hernandez's decisive third.

And in an act reminiscent of David Ginola's famous shirtless celebration against Manchester City in 2000, Anderson seemed to take a subtle swipe at those who have questioned his fitness.

Game changer: Anderson turned the match around for Manchester United against QPR, and celebrated by lifting his shirt to reveal a toned torso

Lifting his shirt as part of the
Hernandez celebration, Anderson flexed an impressively toned torso, much
like Ginola had done in front of John Gregory after his manager had
referred to him as 'Mr Blobby'.

Rarely has Anderson managed two
high-class performances on the trot and even within games the
24-year-old is capable of going from the sublime to the ridiculous.

Of his seven Premier League
appearances this term, only one has been from the start and he has not
completed the full 90 minutes in a league match since September 2011.

Former United goalkeeping coach Tony Coton said on MUTV: 'Once they leave the training ground, you can’t go with them.

'I am not saying this is his
lifestyle, or it is a problem. But you can’t live with them 24 hours a
day so there may be something that is occurring out there that we don’t
know about.'

Anderson's performance against QPR
also attracted high praise from his goalkeeper, Anders Lindegaard, who
hailed the game-changer as one of the best players in the world when
runing with the ball.

Fats the way to do it: David Ginola famously did a similar celebration in 200

He said: 'Anderson turned the match
around. He is one of the best players in the world at running with the
ball, passing it and keeping the dynamic motion. He is a brilliant
player.'

Meanwhile, Lindegaard's selection
ahead of David de Gea in goal suggested Ferguson is still not convinced
by the young Spaniard, even though, before having his wisdom teeth out
recently, it seemed he had again secured the number one berth.

'The tendency lately is that David
has played,' said the Dane. 'Unfortunately for him, he has been out
with a teeth problem which I am trying to benefit from.

'I still don’t see a clear picture on
how things are going to develop throughout the season. It is not more
than a week ago I read in a Danish paper that "Lindegaard had lost the
battle", which says a lot about how ignorant they are.'